Saturday around and about

So much for getting this out sooner, before the day at hand, e.g. today. Is never better than late or the other way around? Whatever. More than usual going on today without spreading your carbon footprints to Albu(r)querque (for Summerfest), all posted on Mountainair Announcements - Rail Runner excursion, Relay for Life in Estancia and demo at Dragon Ash Forge.

My guess: movie doings, hoping to glimpse a celluloid celebrity (inserting oneself into a closer degree of separation) and checking out faux front paintovers on Broadway and Main trump other options. LeRoy's forge art demo is the only one on the list that can be combined with film gawking. Make a day of it by doing both - plus lunching and shopping in town. Maybe the film crew will have time, wit and sense of reciprocity to check out forge.

Ship in the Desert at Dragon Ash Forge

Forge art by LeRoy Simmons, photo by CD Hall

Reiterating - Forge Art Demo at Dragon Ash - (Southwest Artists Blacksmith Association) meeting, potluck, raffle.

Leroy will demonstrate horsehead finials for fireplace tools, various flowers made of pipe and forged candle cups from pipe made for a Menorah as well as showing the tooling he made to produce these things. Meeting starts at 9:00 AM. Leroy's shop is across the street from the Baptist church at the intersection of Hwy 60 & Main Street. Phone: 505-847-0172.